Author: Mike Byrne
Date: 19:19:02 11/18/04
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On November 18, 2004 at 21:55:34, Dai Davies wrote: >Thank you Mike. > >I tend to upgrade around every 4-5 years, or when the old kit starts feeling a >little tired. > >It looks then like Athlon is preferred for all chess engines, and specificaly >the A64 as I will be likely to keep this pc for several years. > >Out of curiosity: a database such as chessbase, which is optimised for >hyper-threading, would the average search time on otherwise comparable >processors, such as Athlon A64/Pentium 4 HT vary significantly in regard to the >A64 not being HT Enabled? > >Is it perhaps a 10% region difference in search times or something far greater? > >Is the difference likely to be of any significance at all in Human v. Computer >games? > >Would you know how important it is to have a hard disk with very fast access >times: for instance scsi? > >Sorry for so many questions: just trying to get the basics straight before I >order. > >Cheers. > >Mark. I wish I could help - I do not have the answers to the questions you are asking.
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